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HVII AFTER BATTLE OF BOSWORTH - Coggle Diagram
HVII AFTER BATTLE OF BOSWORTH
AIMS
Establish the Tudor dynasty
unite the Yorkist and Lancastrian houses
Remain King
maintain law and order
control the overmighty nobility
secure Crown finances
establish effective government
PREDICAMENT
penniless usurper
sent propaganda to precede his arrival in London - carpets and cleaned Fleet Street
stranded
foreign army
outsider- few allies
appointed trustees in government - 23 August 1485
weak claim to the throne
sent for Elizabeth of York - royal marriage
CONCLUSION
HVII was quick to establish himself as worthy, rich, powerful and merciful
quickly established the Tudor dynasty with marriage to Elizabeth of York
established the ruinous financial consequences for those who opposed the crown - 51 attainders
CHARACTER/BACKGROUND
Exiled in Brittany and France from 1471-85
watchful pragmatic, politique
ambitious and resilient
paranoid - outsider and lived through turmoil